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== PCanaanite to Ancient Knench == | == PCanaanite to Ancient Knench == | ||
# i u → e o | |||
# ā → ō → ū | # ā → ō → ū | ||
# Final ʔ and h deleted, yielding overlong vowels | # Final ʔ and h deleted, yielding overlong vowels | ||
Revision as of 22:14, 29 July 2022
PCanaanite to Ancient Knench
- i u → e o
- ā → ō → ū
- Final ʔ and h deleted, yielding overlong vowels
Ancient Knench to Middle Knench
- Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality
- Stress shift
- Maghrebi syncope; pretonic /a/ and /e/ deleted